kamayan

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

kamayan (uncountable)

1. The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.

• boodle fight

From kamay +‎ -an. The noun sense is literally, “hands activity”, or more loosely translated as “eating with the hands” given the context.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧yan
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmajan/, [kɐˈma.jɐn] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /kamaˈjan/, [kɐ.mɐˈjan] (verb)

kamayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜌᜈ᜔)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (communal feast eating with the bare hands)

   Synonym: (Batangas) sakulan

2. (military, loosely) boodle fight

kamayán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜌᜈ᜔, complete kinamayan, progressive kinakamayan, contemplative kakamayan)

1. to receive a handshake (especially after an achievement)

• “kamayan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kamayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018